a collection of actual items related to the development and enrichment of dramatic play focused on a specific theme or idea.
What is a prop box?
100
sticks, bag, hand, finger, wooden spoons
What are types of puppets?
100
This play is not teacher directed.
What is dramatic play?
100
3"
What is the best size for flannel board characters?
100
catharsis, comprehension, language development, aesthetic enjoyment, and learning about different characters.
What are the benefits of storytelling?
200
Can be used to begin and/or end group time. Can be used to keep the children's attention while you prepare an activity.
What are finger plays?
200
Use them to tell stories, talk to others, sing, or just explore what they can do with them.
What is how children use puppets?
200
Should occur daily inside and out. May begin as solitary play and become cooperative.
What is dramatic play?
200
black
What is the best color for the flannel board background?
200
DAP, simple words and understandable plot, relevant and interesting topic,a few interesting characters
What is how to choose a story to tell?
300
provides opportunities to learn new words. Stimulates the imagination and children enjoy silly words. Provides an enjoyable way of developing listening skills.
What is the value of poetry?
300
motivate, gain attention, and help children focus.
What is a way teachers use puppets?
300
Play is...
What is ...a child's work?
300
left to right
What is the placement of characters for a flannel board story?
300
select a story that will amuse, enchant, and entertain children.
Allow children to express creativity by making the puppets. Allow children to create a world of fantasy and drama.
What are benefits of using puppets?
400
free or spontaneous and organized
What are types of play?
400
stories that have a cumulative and sequence quality. Stories with attractive, simple pictures.
What is how to decide on a story for flannel board?
400
fables, fairy tales, legends, folk tales, poetry
What are story types?
500
A mastery of language - speaking, listening, writing, and reading.
What is literacy?
500
Create a puppet center. Have a puppet for each center. Use puppets for transition times. Use puppets to model the rhythm of a new song.
What are ideas for use of puppets?
500
requires more direct guidance on the part of the teacher. Begin with pantomime. Next, use familiar scenes. After a time using familiar situations, introduce some problems. Use unfinished stories.
What is role-playing?
500
construction paper, felt, flannel, pellon, computer printed-fabric sheets
What is material to make flannel board characters out of?
500
Discover the right story to tell. Learn the story. Speak naturally. Use simple, natural gestures. and polish the story.